Some believe that President Suharto may himself be displeased by the military's rough handling of Megawati and the PDI.

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He is also thought to be displeased with Mr Santos's choice of Juan Camilo Restrepo, a critic of many of his own policies, as agriculture minister, and with his successor's plans to undo his merging of several ministries.

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China will not be displeased either.

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The third reason why it's not all over yet, and maybe most important for the coming year - American troops may be out of Iraq and Osama Bin Laden may be dead, but his restive ghost may not be altogether displeased with what has unfolded.

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What is evident, though, is that the military leadership may not be too displeased to see the back of Mr Haqqani at a time when senior US officials are becoming less and less discreet in voicing their annoyance with Pakistan's perceived duplicity on dealing with the Taliban.

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Conservatives, already unhappy with tax increases, are likely to be further displeased that the Senate agreement fails to actually deal with spending something Minority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged yesterday when asking GOP Senators to vote for the bill despite its failure to address spending cuts, noting that the tax portion of the fiscal cliff was the most important component of the deal.

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Some South Africans, three-quarters of whom profess to be Christian, are displeased.

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And while nobody has gone so far as to openly celebrate an early elimination, it probably would be safe to assume that some managers aren't too displeased at the prospect of more rest and less travel in the stretch to the end of the season, when their club's future status (and their own future employment) will be determined.

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